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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,083 52.49% 29,946 47.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,855 12.46% 9,285 14.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,777 5.99% 2,062 3.27%
Management, except farm managers 2,418 3.84% 1,190 1.89%
Farmers & farm managers 635 1.01% 125 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 724 1.15% 747 1.19%
Business operations specialists 408 0.65% 343 0.54%
Financial specialists 316 0.50% 404 0.64%
Professional & related occupations: 4,078 6.47% 7,223 11.46%
Computer & mathematical 298 0.47% 103 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 791 1.25% 78 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 547 0.87% 56 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 244 0.39% 22 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 166 0.26% 137 0.22%
Community & social services 535 0.85% 821 1.30%
Legal 172 0.27% 224 0.36%
Education, training, & library 1,146 1.82% 3,285 5.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 388 0.62% 291 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 582 0.92% 2,284 3.62%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 399 0.63% 1,405 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 183 0.29% 879 1.39%
Service occupations: 4,343 6.89% 7,113 11.29%
Healthcare support 198 0.31% 1,429 2.27%
Protective services: 938 1.49% 217 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 689 1.09% 81 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 249 0.40% 136 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,541 2.44% 2,862 4.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,382 2.19% 947 1.50%
Personal care & service 284 0.45% 1,658 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 4,654 7.38% 10,066 15.97%
Sales & related occupations 2,719 4.31% 3,294 5.23%
Office & administrative support 1,935 3.07% 6,772 10.74%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 578 0.92% 208 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,155 8.18% 241 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 2,762 4.38% 156 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 383 0.61% 16 0.03%
Construction trades 2,339 3.71% 140 0.22%
Extraction 40 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,393 3.80% 85 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,498 16.66% 3,033 4.81%
Production 6,087 9.66% 2,223 3.53%
Transportation & material moving: 4,411 7.00% 810 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 112 0.18% 15 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.05% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,082 3.30% 274 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 172 0.27% 27 0.04%
Material moving 2,013 3.19% 492 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,083 52.49% 29,946 47.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,353 2.15% 365 0.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,249 1.98% 352 0.56%
Mining 104 0.17% 13 0.02%
Construction 2,916 4.63% 424 0.67%
Manufacturing 9,745 15.46% 3,656 5.80%
Wholesale trade 1,364 2.16% 476 0.76%
Retail trade 3,414 5.42% 3,887 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,443 3.88% 576 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 1,903 3.02% 520 0.83%
Utilities 540 0.86% 56 0.09%
Information 685 1.09% 632 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 794 1.26% 1,200 1.90%
Finance & insurance 420 0.67% 876 1.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 374 0.59% 324 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,445 2.29% 1,346 2.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 657 1.04% 853 1.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 788 1.25% 491 0.78%
Educational, health & social services: 3,791 6.01% 11,538 18.31%
Educational services 2,247 3.57% 4,836 7.67%
Health care & social assistance 1,544 2.45% 6,702 10.63%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,239 3.55% 3,163 5.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 484 0.77% 470 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 1,755 2.78% 2,693 4.27%
Other services (except public administration) 1,519 2.41% 1,720 2.73%
Public administration 1,375 2.18% 963 1.53%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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